tony-leung,Cold War [DVD] [] [Region 1], Cold War [DVD] [Canadian], All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard [DVD], All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard [Blu-ray], Seoul Raiders [2008] [English] [Region 1]

"[A]s a cinematic bath for the senses, it's a rush, a swoon." Entertainment Weekly "[A]n unqualified triumph....Mr. Wong makes movies, still a young art, that create meaning through visual images, not just words." New York Times "[A]n immersion in visual and aural beauty flecked with emotional colors that would be too painful if they dominated all the movie's frames." Premiere Ranked #18 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "A subversive, multi-layered epic from a master filmmaker." Uncut Included in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Films Of The Year -- "[A] pool of movie beauty in which to submerge." Entertainment Weekly "Wong is a man of reckless ambition, and 2046 is his mega-epic, a crazy, heart-crushing romantic monster of a movie..." Movieline's Hollywood Life26.08561

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "There are no wasted motions. Exquisite beauty and barbarous intent are all caught in the lens of the great cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "[B]eautifully mounted....A deliberately paced tale of espionage and double-crosses....[It] has a literary feel, unfolding at a stately pace."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "This is a film of deceptive subtlety that springs its climax like a steel trap....Both provocative and satisfying..."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "Lee's saucy, sumptuous slow-burner is a complex, elegant seduction, drawing on Hitchcock..."Total Film "[An] intense, psychologically intricate and sexually explicit film....LUST, CAUTION gets under your skin with its examination of what qualifies as love and what does not."Los Angeles Times "[I]n her screen debut as Wong, Tang Wei is as much a revelation as was Zhang Ziyi in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "An exquisitely choreographed study of romantic deception...and a satisfyingly complex analysis of political expediency."Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "LUST, CAUTION is a detailed and compelling period piece, with a decidedly dark underbelly."Ultimate DVD26.08561

"Director Zhang Yimou packs this visual feast with fierce action and breathtaking beauty."Rolling Stone "HERO is one of the most beautiful and involving films of the year."Premiere "HERO is dazzling....A visually sublime, thematically simple and universally appealing work of art.A landmark piece of cinema."Uncut "The extravagant visual beauty of HERO is, in a way, its own reward....The cast is a parade of action stars in full charisma..."Entertainment Weekly "Filled with meticulous set pieces, including a showdown between Snow and Moon set among swirls of golden-yellow leaves, HERO is easy on the eyes."New York Times "HERO is a visual feast."USA Today "HERO is beautiful and beguiling, a martial arts extravaganza defining the styles and lives of its fighters within Chinese tradition."Chicago Sun-Times25.56216

"Director Zhang Yimou packs this visual feast with fierce action and breathtaking beauty."Rolling Stone "HERO is one of the most beautiful and involving films of the year."Premiere "HERO is dazzling....A visually sublime, thematically simple and universally appealing work of art.A landmark piece of cinema."Uncut "The extravagant visual beauty of HERO is, in a way, its own reward....The cast is a parade of action stars in full charisma..."Entertainment Weekly "Filled with meticulous set pieces, including a showdown between Snow and Moon set among swirls of golden-yellow leaves, HERO is easy on the eyes."New York Times "HERO is a visual feast."USA Today "HERO is beautiful and beguiling, a martial arts extravaganza defining the styles and lives of its fighters within Chinese tradition."Chicago Sun-Times25.56216

"[THE GRANDMASTER] may well be the definitive illustration of kung fu in all its arcane schools and intricate styles. There's never been anything like it..."Wall Street Journal "An exercise in pure cinematic style filled with the most ravishing images, THE GRANDMASTER finds director Wong Kar-wai applying his impeccable visual style to the mass-market martial arts genre with potent results."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "GRANDMASTER has some of the most impressive martial arts scenes since CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON."USA Today 3 stars out of 4 -- "The action-heavy tale of a kung fu master in 1930s China breaks new ground for an art-house director."Washington Post "[A] hypnotically beautiful dream from the Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai..."New York Times "Art film meets martial arts in the gorgeous THE GRANDMASTER....The elegant style of the fighting sequences does more than display camera and kung fu technique -- this style also shows fighters living with honor."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "THE GRANDMASTER is a drunken love letter to experience, which helps us survive, and wisdom, which helps us face aging, loss and, ultimately, the abyss..."RogerEbert.com 3 stars out of 4 -- "[D]azzling in its startling action and ravishing romance."Rolling Stone "Where the filmmaker really cuts loose is in the glorious fight scenes, as expertly choreographed as the ones in a Zhang Yimou movie..."A.V. Club24.28792

"[THE GRANDMASTER] may well be the definitive illustration of kung fu in all its arcane schools and intricate styles. There's never been anything like it..."Wall Street Journal "An exercise in pure cinematic style filled with the most ravishing images, THE GRANDMASTER finds director Wong Kar-wai applying his impeccable visual style to the mass-market martial arts genre with potent results."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "GRANDMASTER has some of the most impressive martial arts scenes since CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON."USA Today 3 stars out of 4 -- "The action-heavy tale of a kung fu master in 1930s China breaks new ground for an art-house director."Washington Post "[A] hypnotically beautiful dream from the Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai..."New York Times "Art film meets martial arts in the gorgeous THE GRANDMASTER....The elegant style of the fighting sequences does more than display camera and kung fu technique -- this style also shows fighters living with honor."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "THE GRANDMASTER is a drunken love letter to experience, which helps us survive, and wisdom, which helps us face aging, loss and, ultimately, the abyss..."RogerEbert.com 3 stars out of 4 -- "[D]azzling in its startling action and ravishing romance."Rolling Stone "Where the filmmaker really cuts loose is in the glorious fight scenes, as expertly choreographed as the ones in a Zhang Yimou movie..."A.V. Club24.28792

"...John Woo makes Chinese blood operas, in which the eruptions of romantic ultra-violence function as arias..."Film Comment "[N]ow seen as his masterpiece. It's certainly his most personal, full of passion and anger..."Uncut21.15386

"[T]here are strains of steampunk, manga and silent film comedy, with video-game touches."Los Angeles Times "Fung is making a martial-arts movie for the Internet age. His fight sequences have additional videogame-style graphics, showing angles of attack..." -- Grade: BA.V. Club20.94125

"[T]here are strains of steampunk, manga and silent film comedy, with video-game touches."Los Angeles Times "Fung is making a martial-arts movie for the Internet age. His fight sequences have additional videogame-style graphics, showing angles of attack..." -- Grade: BA.V. Club20.94125

"...This is an astonishingly rich and multi-layered film that is possibly the director's finest to date..." -- 4 out of 5 starsBox Office "...A swooningly cinematic exploration of romantic longing, both restrained and sensual, luxuriating in color, texture and sound, this film raises its fascination with enveloping atmosphere and suppressed emotion to a ravishing, almost hypnotic level..."Los Angeles Times "...Haunting....[The stars] generate potent sexual chemistry..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...It dazzles....As mood goes, this reticent, remembered romance is quietly erotic, probing all those 'almost' spaces in an almost love affair. As cinematography goes, it's luscious..."Entertainment Weekly "...A lush story of unrequited love that looks the way its songs sound....The deep colors of film noir saturate the scenes..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Ravishing, confounding....Hypnotic....An odd, suspended-in-time feel..."Premiere15.26553

"...This is an astonishingly rich and multi-layered film that is possibly the director's finest to date..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office "...Haunting....[The stars] generate potent sexual chemistry..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...It dazzles....As mood goes, this reticent, remembered romance is quietly erotic, probing all those 'almost' spaces in an almost love affair. As cinematography goes, it's luscious..." Entertainment Weekly "...Ravishing, confounding....Hypnotic....An odd, suspended-in-time feel..." Premiere "...A swooningly cinematic exploration of romantic longing, both restrained and sensual, luxuriating in color, texture and sound, this film raises its fascination with enveloping atmosphere and suppressed emotion to a ravishing, almost hypnotic level..." Los Angeles Times "...A lush story of unrequited love that looks the way its songs sound....The deep colors of film noir saturate the scenes..." Chicago Sun-Times15.17108

"The masterstroke here is to set Tony Leung's unshaven, jittery, leather-jacketed undercover cop up against Andy Lau's sharp-suited male model..."Sight and Sound "It looks pretty stylish....[With] a sleek, often hallucinatory look, which is both modish and dramatically appropriate."Uncut "This is a movie that gets it hooks into you early, and no chance is it letting go."Rolling Stone "[The film] feels completely fresh as it's unspooling onscreen....This is a real grabber."Premiere "The filmmakers entrust the hard work to stars Lau and Leung. And the two men prowl and circle each one another with a balletic intensity that makes words superfluous..."Entertainment Weekly "[T]he sophistication of the stylized minimalism here in INFERNAL AFFAIRS is dazzling."New York Times "The first INFERNAL plays like THE DEPARTED on fast-forward; you get dozens of scenes nearly identical to Scorsese's..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly0.5658832

"The masterstroke here is to set Tony Leung's unshaven, jittery, leather-jacketed undercover cop up against Andy Lau's sharp-suited male model..."Sight and Sound "It looks pretty stylish....[With] a sleek, often hallucinatory look, which is both modish and dramatically appropriate."Uncut "This is a movie that gets it hooks into you early, and no chance is it letting go."Rolling Stone "[The film] feels completely fresh as it's unspooling onscreen....This is a real grabber."Premiere "The filmmakers entrust the hard work to stars Lau and Leung. And the two men prowl and circle each one another with a balletic intensity that makes words superfluous..."Entertainment Weekly "[T]he sophistication of the stylized minimalism here in INFERNAL AFFAIRS is dazzling."New York Times "The first INFERNAL plays like THE DEPARTED on fast-forward; you get dozens of scenes nearly identical to Scorsese's..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly0.5658832

"The masterstroke here is to set Tony Leung's unshaven, jittery, leather-jacketed undercover cop up against Andy Lau's sharp-suited male model..."Sight and Sound "It looks pretty stylish....[With] a sleek, often hallucinatory look, which is both modish and dramatically appropriate."Uncut "This is a movie that gets it hooks into you early, and no chance is it letting go."Rolling Stone "[The film] feels completely fresh as it's unspooling onscreen....This is a real grabber."Premiere "The filmmakers entrust the hard work to stars Lau and Leung. And the two men prowl and circle each one another with a balletic intensity that makes words superfluous..."Entertainment Weekly "[T]he sophistication of the stylized minimalism here in INFERNAL AFFAIRS is dazzling."New York Times "The first INFERNAL plays like THE DEPARTED on fast-forward; you get dozens of scenes nearly identical to Scorsese's..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly0.5658832

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.3550646

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Woo's trademark affection for such traditional ideals as honor, dignity and sacrifice bleed from the screen like proudly-suffered war wounds..."Box Office "[T]he immensity encompasses such variety, subtlety and intimacy that you may find yourself yearning for more....RED CLIFF is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony."Wall Street Journal "[H]andsome and intelligent and perfectly easy to sit through..."New York Times "The spectacular battle scenes are the engorged heart of the delirious adventure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[RED CLIFF] is both a throwback and a change of pace....Filled with wall-to-wall battle scenes..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "The set-piece clashes on land and water are immense but teem with fine detail....Woo has created a resounding epic, blending a distinctly Chinese ethos with a Hollywood sense of scale."Uncut0.2840517

"...From Hong Kong with a bullet, an action classic..."Premiere "...Three of the greatest shootouts ever punctuate John Woo's instant cop classic from Hong Kong..."USA Today "...[Woo is] a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation..."New York Times "...The climactic attack on the hospital is as eye-popping as any Busby Berkeley production number..."Entertainment Weekly "John Woo's 1992 cop thriller was his last Hong Kong movie, and it's a self-conscious career peak."Uncut "...All the Woo trademarks are present and correct..."Total Film0.2840517

4 stars out of 5 -- "Christopher Doyle's mesmeric compositions remain unaltered....Less a film to watch than an experience to surrender to."Empire "Chris Doyle's camerawork is typically extraordinary as the demands of capturing light in the desert push him outside his own comfort zone..."Sight and Sound "Visually superb, its score enhanced by added music, ASHES OF TIME REDUX is an elegiac, contemplative work with an elliptical narrative..."Los Angeles Times "For the love of all things sensual and mysterious, see this one on a big screen." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[A] delirious swirl of color and blinding star wattage....[ASHES was] important to Mr. Wong's evolution, because it is the film during which he shook off genre and abandoned the banalities of mainstream narrative for visual abstraction, beauty, art."New York Times0.2510686

4 stars out of 5 -- "Christopher Doyle's mesmeric compositions remain unaltered....Less a film to watch than an experience to surrender to."Empire "Chris Doyle's camerawork is typically extraordinary as the demands of capturing light in the desert push him outside his own comfort zone..."Sight and Sound "Visually superb, its score enhanced by added music, ASHES OF TIME REDUX is an elegiac, contemplative work with an elliptical narrative..."Los Angeles Times "For the love of all things sensual and mysterious, see this one on a big screen." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "[A] delirious swirl of color and blinding star wattage....[ASHES was] important to Mr. Wong's evolution, because it is the film during which he shook off genre and abandoned the banalities of mainstream narrative for visual abstraction, beauty, art."New York Times0.2510686